Season 1
Dec. 3, 2021
Billion Dollar Breakdown Pakistan: Valuations, Copycats or Innovators, Exits with i2i Ventures
In today's Billion Dollar Moves Breakdown, we bust some myths on the startup and venture capital landscape with i2i Ventures General Partners, Misbah Naqvi and Kalsoom Lakhani.
Nov. 26, 2021
Mental Health & the Cost of Winning with Susie Rodgers MBE, British Swimmer & Paralympics Gold Medalist
This week we dive deep (pun intended) with Paralympics Gold Medalist Susie Rodgers on winning, mental health, reinventing yourself and so much more.
Oct. 8, 2021
Fortune 500 C-Suite to Startup: What It Really Takes with John Brisco, Coherent
This week, we dive deep with John Brisco, CEO and Co-Founder of Coherent, Hong-Kong grown insurtech startup on a mission to to build next-in-class technology platforms and data intelligence engines to help insurers and their partners transform and grow. From sales enablement to product development,…
Oct. 1, 2021
Family Offices & VC, Ownership of Your Own Career with Field Pickering, Vulpes
The family office was initially created to look after the wealth of ultra high net worth families. But today, the modern-day family office does far more than that and is in fact, acting a whole lot more like a venture investor. Today we talk to Field Pickering, COO, General Counsel and Head of Vent…
Sept. 24, 2021
Making Relationships Work: Kamarul Muhamed & Azita Azizan, Aerodyne Group
In a never-before like interview, we dive deep into the business of drones with the Malaysian power couple Kamarul A Muhamed and Azita Azizan who founded Aerodyne group, which is set to be the global leading provider of drone-based enterprise solutions, with over $30M raised, presence in over 35 co…
Sept. 17, 2021
Executing On Your Purpose with Arturo Elizondo, Founder, EVERY
From the rise of Impossible Foods to McDonalds announcing their McPlant menu, plant-based food has undeniably taken the market by storm. Beyond the mainstreaming of veganism, fast-forward to 2021, a global crisis and global lockdowns drove consumers to reassess what they eat and their impact on the…
Sept. 10, 2021
Indonesia's Startup Ecosystem with Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, Angel Investor & Founder, Bubu
Indonesia’s startups have been making headlines in the last few years, including most recently the news that online mall Bukalapak is set to raise $1.5 billion in the country’s largest-ever initial public offering - setting the stage for a wave of tech listings, with fellow unicorns GoTo and Travel…
Sept. 3, 2021
Billion Dollar Breakdown Emerging Markets: SuperApps, SPACs, Multi-Billion Showdowns with Mikal Khoso, Wavemaker Partners
In today's Billion Dollar Moves Breakdown, we bust some myths on the emerging markets and venture capital with THE emerging markets analyst, Mikal Khoso, VC at Wavemaker Partners, a cross border venture capital firm dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across mu…
Aug. 27, 2021
Never Too Late To Startup: Building Insurtech with Rosaline Koo, CXA Group
We love rooting for the underdog- but what does it really take to rise despite the odds, as THE underdog? Rosaline Koo founded CXA Group from her living room in 2013 after a storied career with multinationals, with ambitions to transform health benefits for employees. Tune in to her story from risk…
Aug. 20, 2021
Learning Or Earning & Beyond Series A: Asian Startups on Overdrive with Rajive Keshup, Cathay Innovation
This week, we dive deep with Rajive Keshup in Singapore, Investment Director at Cathay Innovation, an early and growth stage venture capital firm with $1.5B AUM across San Francisco, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore, and closely affiliated with Cathay Capital Private Equity, a global private equity fi…
Aug. 13, 2021
Leaning into Your Voice with Walgreens' SVP, ESG & Chief DEI Officer Alethia Jackson
This week, we make a trip to The Hill with America’s Top Lobbyist, Alethia Jackson making some #BillionDollarMoves! We unpack what it means to lead with your voice, the complex healthcare landscape and how to build partnerships that matter.
Aug. 6, 2021
Enterprise is Eating The World with Cathy Gao, Sapphire Ventures
Enterprise technology companies attracted $30 billion in funding, outpacing their consumer-tech peers (by a third) for the first time in five years. This trend reflects a deeper evolution at play, at the intersection of software development, adoption of cloud technology, and data analysis—and as ma…
July 30, 2021
Tolerate Failure, Not Incompetence: Building Biotech Startups with Brian Conn, Quantapore
This week, we chat with, Brian Conn, serial biotech CFO, who has raised over $300M, completed 20 M&A deals and is currently CFO of genomic sequencing company, Quantapore, co-founder of synthetic biology company, Levadura and advisor to VC firm, General Inception.
July 23, 2021
Not Your Token Woman with First Female NFL Coach Dr. Jen Welter
From leveraging the $500Bn impact investing opportunity to building a unicorn to IPO, and scaling a VC firm - all of these efforts require vision from the leaders at the helm, and most importantly the willingness to PLAY IT BIG, as athletes in our own fields. This week, we took a different turn in …
July 16, 2021
BONUS: The Golden Era of Southeast Asia Startups
Dive into our post-show Clubhouse discussion Apr 16th 2021 with fellow VCs in the region, where we went deep on the rise of startups in Southeast Asia, fresh of Grab's announcement that week valuing it at close to $40Bn, Bukalapak netting $234M and more!
July 16, 2021
Southeast Asia Startups Winning with Michael Lints, Golden Gate Ventures
From our live show Apr 16th 2021, we went deep on the rise of startups in Southeast Asia, fresh of Grab's announcement that week valuing it at close to $40Bn, Bukalapak netting $234M and more!
Michael shares some #BillionDollarMoves we all will want in on.
July 9, 2021
Future of Work: How To Lead in 2021 with Brian Elliott, Slack
This week, we went deep on the new reality that is remote work with none other than Brian Elliiott, former GM of Platform at Slack, and now Head of Future Forum — reimagining work.
From building for inclusivity to sending the right message from the top - he shares some #BillionDollarMoves we a…
July 2, 2021
The Rise of Superapps & The Fear of a Meaningless Life with Muneeb Maayr, Bykea
Ride-hailing giant Gojek and marketplace Tokopedia, Indonesia’s two largest startups, said a couple of days ago that they’ve merged their businesses to form GoTo Group, on track for a $35-$40B IPO end year. This sets more fuel to the fire of SuperApps rising in Southeast Asia: a trend that is actua…
June 25, 2021
The End of Impact Washing & Stakeholder Capitalism with Regional President, BNY Mellon, Karen Wawrzaszek
From growing up in poverty to advising some of the wealthiest families, endowments & foundations; having held roles including MD of Rockefeller Capital Management to now Chair of the Meyer Foundation and BNY Mellon Regional President- we learn from her #BillionDollarMoves and challenge how impact i…
June 18, 2021
Sold My Startup for $780M: the Good, Bad, Ugly with Jack Smith, Vungle
This week we went deep on the growing pains of a startup, from PR nightmares to co-founder breakups, the challenge of shifting from a scarcity to growth mindset, and so much more with Jack Smith, serial entrepreneur & investor. @_jacksmith has co-founded multiple startups: Vungle, Coin, Shyp and ad…
June 18, 2021
BONUS: Building a $780M Startup with Jack Smith —offline discussion with the audience
From breaking all these rules and more, this week's guest, serial entrepreneur and now investor, Jack Smith, somehow turned a terrible idea into a $780M+ exit. This snippet reveals Jack in his rare raw form being brutally honest with the audience on Clubhouse. @_jacksmith has co-founded multiple st…
June 11, 2021
{EXTENDED} Big Tech & The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution with Renowned American Investor, Chris Schroeder
Includes the post-show discussion on Clubhouse this week where we went deep on the Global Entrepreneurial Revolution shaping our future with renowned American investor & entrepreneur, Christopher Schroeder. From the dominance of big tech, to the digital divide to startups rising in the Middle East …
June 11, 2021
Big Tech & The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution with Chris Schroeder
This week, we went deep on the Global Entrepreneurial Revolution shaping our future with renowned American investor & entrepreneur, Christopher Schroeder.
From the dominance of big tech, to the digital divide to startups rising in the Middle East - we cover it all with Chris.